On August 16, the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) celebrated its first anniversary, marking a pivotal moment in the political, ...

Three West African countries, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, will be launching a new biometric passport "in the coming days" ...

Mahamadou Hamidou/Reuters The alliance formed last year by three junta-led West African nations — Mali, Burkina Faso and ...

The cost of the new passport remains unknown. It is unclear if the list of countries within which Malians, Burkinabés and ...

Alliance of Sahel States is faced with 'disinformation campaigns' and thus Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have decided to ...

Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have unveiled plans to introduce biometric passports as part of their new regional ...

Three West African countries run by military juntas will be launching a new biometric passports “in the coming days” as part ...

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger — all led by military juntas — have announced plans to introduce a new biometric passport. It’s the latest step in their withdrawal from the regions’ main bloc of nations: ...

Chinese company EMPTECH is trying to replicate its success in Burkina Faso, despite Mali’s announcement of a common passport ...

Here’s what we know about the security situation in Sahel: Over the last decade, the region has been shaken by extremist ...

The epicentre of global terrorism "has now conclusively shifted out of the Middle East and into the Central Sahel region," ...

Chads government says it maintains control over decisions regarding security cooperation with foreign partners Chad has not authorized th ...